A white van man has been fined more than £2,000 after a vehicle he owned was linked to a fly-tipping spree.

North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court was presented with a dossier of evidence that linked Andrew McAllister’s white Ford transit van to fly-tipping offences at Elsdon Terrace and Beadnell Avenue in North Shields, and Monmouth Gardens in Wallsend.

Large items of waste including double bed bases, kitchen units, floor tiles, and pieces of wood were found dumped at those locations.

North Tyneside Council used photographic evidence to trace the vehicle to an address on Kirkwood Avenue, Newcastle, and served a section 71 notice requiring information about the van.

Rubbish dumped in a lane between Elsdon Terrace and Beadnell Avenue, North Shields (Image: North Tyneside Council)

When no information was provided within seven days, the council took McAllister to court and secured the conviction after he failed to assist them in a fly-tipping investigation.

McAllister was ordered to pay £1,760 for the breach of a section 71 notice, as well as £175 costs to the council, and a victim surcharge of £176.

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The notice was issued under section 71 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, requiring the registered keeper of the vehicle to provide information about the driver at the time of the fly-tipping offence.